1. Two sets of solid, double, yellow lines that are two or more feet apart:

• May be crossed to enter or exit a private driveway
• Should be treated as a separate traffic lane
• ✓ May not be crossed for any reason

Two sets of solid double yellow lines two or more feet apart should be treated like a wall — never cross them for any reason.

2. You see a signal person at a road construction site ahead. You should obey his or her instructions:

• Unless they conflict with existing signs, signals, or laws
• Only if you see orange cones on the road ahead
• ✓ At all times

You must obey a construction flagger's instructions at all times, even if they conflict with existing signs or signals.

3. You see a flashing yellow traffic signal at an upcoming intersection. The flashing yellow light means:

• Stop. Yield to all cross traffic before crossing the intersection
• ✓ Slow down and cross the intersection carefully
• Stop before entering the intersection as long as you can do so safely

A flashing yellow signal means slow down and proceed through the intersection with caution; it does not require a full stop.

4. Which of these vehicles must always stop before crossing railroad tracks?

• Any vehicle with 3 or more axles or weighing more than 4,000 pounds
• ✓ Tank trucks marked with hazardous materials placards
• Motor homes or pickup trucks towing a boat trailer

Vehicles marked with hazardous materials placards, like tank trucks, must always stop before crossing railroad tracks.

5. A white painted curb means:

• ✓ Loading zone for passengers or mail only
• Loading zone for freight only
• Loading zone for freight or passengers

A white curb marks a loading zone for passengers or mail only, not freight.

6. Roadways are the most slippery:

• After it has been raining for awhile
• During a heavy downpour
• ✓ The first rain after a dry spell

Roads are most slippery during the first rain after a dry spell, when oil and dust rise to the surface.

7. Unless otherwise posted the speed limit in a residential area is ___

• ✓ 25 mph
• 30 mph
• 20 mph

Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit in a residential area is 25 mph.

8. With a Class C drivers license a person may drive:

• A vehicle pulling two trailers
• Any 3-axle vehicle regardless of the weight
• ✓ A 3-axle vehicle if the Gross Vehicle Weight is less than 6,000 pounds

A Class C license only covers a 3-axle vehicle if its Gross Vehicle Weight is under 6,000 pounds.

9. When parking uphill on a two-way street with no curb, your front wheels should be:

• Turned to the left (toward the street)
• Parallel with the pavement
• ✓ Turned to the right (away from the street)

When parking uphill with no curb, turn your front wheels to the right, away from the street, so the car rolls away from traffic if it moves.

10. To turn left from a multilane one-way street onto a one-way street, you should start your turn from:

• The lane in the center of the road
• Any lane (as long as it is safe)
• ✓ The lane closest to the left curb

To turn left from a multilane one-way street onto another one-way street, start your turn from the lane closest to the left curb.

11. California's "Basic Speed Law" says:

• You should never drive faster than posted speed limits
• ✓ You should never drive faster than is safe for current conditions
• The maximum speed limit in California is 70 mph on certain freeways

The Basic Speed Law requires you to never drive faster than is safe for current conditions, even below the posted limit.

12. A school bus ahead of you in your lane is stopped with red lights flashing. You should:

• Slow to 25 MPH and pass cautiously
• ✓ Stop as long as the red lights are flashing
• Stop, then proceed when you think all of the children have exited the bus

You must stop and remain stopped as long as a school bus's red lights are flashing.

13. When can you drive in a bike lane?

• During rush hour traffic if there are no bicyclists in the bike lane
• ✓ When you are within 200 feet of a cross street where you plan to turn right
• When you want to pass a driver ahead of you who is turning right

You may enter a bike lane within 200 feet of a corner in order to make a right turn.

14. You may drive off of the paved roadway to pass another vehicle:

• ✓ Under no circumstances
• If the shoulder is wide enough to accommodate your vehicle
• If the vehicle ahead of you is turning left

Never drive off the paved roadway to pass another vehicle, no matter how wide the shoulder is.

15. You may not park your vehicle:

• ✓ Next to a red painted curb
• Within 100 feet of an elementary school
• On the side of the freeway in an emergency

You may not park next to a red painted curb — it means no stopping, standing, or parking at any time.

16. You are driving on the freeway. The vehicle in front of you is a large truck. You should drive:

• Closely behind the truck in bad weather because the driver can see farther ahead
• ✓ Farther behind the truck than you would for a passenger vehicle
• No more than one car length behind the truck so the driver can see you

Give large trucks more following distance than you would a passenger vehicle, since their size affects your visibility and their stopping ability.

17. When you are merging onto the freeway, you should be driving:

• The posted speed limit for traffic on the freeway
• 5 to 10 MPH slower than the traffic on the freeway
• ✓ At or near the same speed as the traffic on the freeway

When merging onto a freeway, match your speed to the traffic already on the freeway for a safe merge.

18. If you plan to pass another vehicle, you should:

• Assume the other driver will let you pass if you use your turn signal
• ✓ Not assume the other driver will make space for you to return to your lane
• Assume the other driver will maintain a constant speed

Never assume another driver will slow down or make space for you — check your mirrors and blind spot before returning to your lane.

19. It is a very windy day. You are driving and a dust storm blows across the freeway reducing your visibility. You should drive slower and turn on your:

• ✓ Headlights
• Parking lights
• Interior lights

Turn on your headlights, not just parking lights, in dust storms or other low-visibility conditions so other drivers can see you.

20. You may legally block an intersection:

• During rush hour traffic
• When you entered the intersection on the green light
• ✓ Under no circumstances

You may never legally block an intersection, even if you entered on a green light.

21. The safest precaution that you can take regarding the use of cellular phones and driving is:

• ✓ Use hands-free devices so you can keep both hands on the steering wheel
• Review the number before answering a call
• Keep your phone within easy reach so you won't need to take your eyes off the road

Hands-free devices let you keep both hands on the wheel, making them the safer option when using a cell phone while driving.

22. When parking your vehicle parallel to the curb on a level street:

• Your front wheels must be turned toward the street
• One of your rear wheels must touch the curb
• ✓ Your wheels must be within 18 inches of the curb

When parallel parking on a level street, your wheels must be within 18 inches of the curb.

23. If you are in the middle of an intersection when you hear the siren of an emergency vehicle, you should:

• ✓ Continue through the intersection then move to the right and stop
• Move to the right and stop at the intersection
• Continue through the intersection then move to the left and stop

If you're in the middle of an intersection when an emergency vehicle approaches, continue through it, then pull to the right and stop.

24. You want to make a right turn at an upcoming intersection. You should slow down and:

• Move toward the left side of your lane
• Avoid driving in the bicycle lane
• ✓ Signal for 100 feet before turning

Signal for at least 100 feet before making a right turn.

25. Always stop before you cross railroad tracks when:

• The railroad crossing is located in a city or town that has frequent train traffic
• You transport two or more young children in a passenger vehicle
• ✓ You don't have room on the other side to completely cross the tracks

Never start to cross railroad tracks unless you have room on the other side to completely clear them.

26. You are driving on a one-way street. You may turn left onto another one-way street only if:

• ✓ Traffic on the street moves to the left
• A sign permits the turn
• Traffic on the street moves to the right

A left turn onto a one-way street is legal only when traffic on that street moves to the left, matching your turn.

27. Should you always drive slower than other traffic?

• Yes, it is always safer than driving faster than other traffic
• Yes, it is a good defensive driving technique
• ✓ No, you can block traffic when you drive too slowly

Driving slower than the flow of traffic is not always safer — it can block traffic and create hazards.

28. If you have a green light, but traffic is blocking the intersection, you should:

• Enter the intersection and wait until traffic clears
• ✓ Stay out of the intersection until traffic clears
• Merge into another lane, and try to go around the traffic

Even with a green light, you must stay out of an intersection until traffic ahead has cleared enough for you to get through.

29. There is no crosswalk and you see a pedestrian crossing your lane ahead. You should:

• ✓ Stop and let him/her finish crossing the street
• Make eye contact and then pass him/her
• Slow down as you pass him/her

Without a marked crosswalk, you must still stop and let a pedestrian finish crossing your lane.

30. At intersections, crosswalks, and railroad crossings, you should always:

• Stop, listen, and proceed cautiously
• Slowly pass vehicles that seem to be stopped for no reason
• ✓ Look to the sides of your vehicle to see what is coming

At intersections, crosswalks, and railroad crossings, check to the sides of your vehicle for crossing traffic before proceeding.

31. You are approaching a railroad crossing with no warning devices and are unable to see 400 feet down the tracks in one direction. The speed limit is:

• 25 mph
• ✓ 15 mph
• 20 mph

If you can't see 400 feet down the tracks at an uncontrolled railroad crossing, do not drive faster than 15 mph as you approach.

32. When driving in fog, you should use your:

• Fog lights only
• ✓ Low beams
• High beams

Use low-beam headlights in fog — high beams reflect off the fog and reduce your visibility further.

33. All of the following practices are dangerous to do while driving. Which of these is also illegal?

• Adjusting your outside mirrors
• ✓ Listening to music through headphones that cover both ears
• Transporting an unrestrained animal inside the vehicle

Wearing headphones that cover both ears while driving is illegal in California, since it can block traffic and emergency sounds.

34. You are getting ready to make a right turn. You should:

• ✓ Slow down or stop, if necessary, and then make the turn
• Stop before entering the right lane and let all other traffic go first
• Signal and turn immediately

Slow down or stop if necessary before completing a right turn safely.

35. If you drive faster than other vehicles on a road with one lane in each direction and continually pass the other cars, you will:

• ✓ Increase your chances of an accident
• Help prevent traffic congestion
• Get you to your destination much faster and safer

Continually passing other cars and weaving between lanes increases your chances of a collision.

36. You must obey instructions from school crossing guards:

• Unless you do not see any children present
• Only during school hours
• ✓ At all times

You must obey instructions from school crossing guards at all times.

37. You have been involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked vehicle and you can't find the owner. You must:

• Leave a note on the vehicle
• Report the accident without delay to the city police or, in unincorporated areas, to the CHP
• ✓ Both of the above

If you hit a parked vehicle and can't find the owner, you must both leave a note and report the accident to police or the CHP.

38. If you are involved in a traffic collision, you are required to complete and submit a written report (SR1) to the DMV:

• Only if you are at fault
• Only if you or the other driver is injured
• ✓ If there is property damage in excess of $1,000 or if there are any injuries

You must file an SR-1 report with the DMV if a collision causes more than $1,000 in property damage or any injury.

39. You must notify the DMV within 5 days if you:

• Fail a smog test for your vehicle
• ✓ Sell or transfer your vehicle
• Get a new prescription for lenses or contacts

You must notify the DMV within 5 days of selling or transferring your vehicle.

40. To avoid last minute moves, you should be looking down the road to where your vehicle will be in about ___.

• 15 to 20 seconds
• 5 to 10 seconds
• ✓ 10 to 15 seconds

Scanning the road about 10 to 15 seconds ahead gives you time to react and avoid last-minute moves.

41. A large truck is ahead of you and is turning right onto a street with two lanes in each direction. The truck:

• May complete its turn in either of the two lanes
• Must stay in the right lane at all times while turning
• ✓ May have to swing wide to complete the right turn

A large truck may need to swing wide into an adjacent lane to complete a right turn safely.

42. When you tailgate other drivers (drive close to their rear bumper):

• You help reduce traffic congestion
• Your actions cannot result in a traffic citation
• ✓ You can frustrate the other drivers and make them angry

Tailgating can frustrate other drivers, provoke road rage, and increases your risk of a rear-end collision.

43. You are driving on a freeway posted for 65 MPH. The traffic is traveling at 70 MPH. You may legally drive:

• Between 65 mph and 70 mph
• ✓ No faster than 65 mph
• 70 mph or faster to keep up with the speed of traffic

You may never legally drive faster than the posted speed limit, even if other traffic is moving faster.

44. Which of the following statements about blind spots is true?

• ✓ Large trucks have bigger blind spots than most passenger vehicles
• Blind spots can be checked by looking in your rear view mirrors
• They are eliminated if you have one outside mirror on each side of the vehicle

Large trucks have bigger blind spots than most passenger vehicles, making it harder for their drivers to see you.

45. You may cross a double yellow line to pass another vehicle, if the yellow line next to:

• ✓ Your side of the road is a broken line
• The other side of the road is a broken line
• The other side of the road is a solid line

You may cross a double yellow line to pass only when the line on your side of the road is broken.

46. You are about to make a left turn. You must signal continuously for how many feet before making the turn?

• 75 feet
• ✓ 100 feet
• 50 feet

You must signal continuously for at least 100 feet before making a turn.

47. You drive defensively when you:

• Look only at the car in front of you while driving
• Always put one car length between you and the car ahead
• ✓ Keep your eyes moving to look for possible hazards

Defensive driving means constantly scanning ahead and to the sides for possible hazards, not fixating on one spot.

48. It is illegal to park your vehicle:

• Within three feet of a private driveway
• ✓ In an unmarked crosswalk
• In a bicycle lane

Parking in an unmarked crosswalk is illegal, just like a marked one.